"I'd like to start off by thanking GOD, as I'm nothing without him!" Varner wrote on Twitter. "Next my parents and coaches that have gotten me where I am. Without you all I wouldn't be able to say that after an amazing visit I've decided to commit to ..... The University of Louisville."

Varner attends Hiram High School outside Atlanta, the same high school as Louisville redshirt junior pass rusher Jonathan Greenard, who has blossomed from a three-star recruit into a pro prospect.

Varner is listed at 6-foot-4, 240 pounds, and chose Louisville over offers from Tennessee, Vanderbilt and others.